Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will consider rescheduling the joint review with Transport for London into the demand for buses scheduled in July 2021 to a later date when demand has returned to pre-covid-19 outbreak levels.

In June the Government agreed a third extraordinary funding and financing package for Transport for London (TfL) worth around £1.08bn. This deal takes steps to move TfL onto a more financially sustainable footing including a review of service levels to reflect changing travel patterns as a result of Covid.

This review is aimed at generating a range of service options to efficiently manage services and associated costs to support the achievement of financial sustainability by the target date of April 2023. TfL and DfT will continue to monitor demand as the country recovers from the Covid pandemic.